Nops cesari, Dupérré, Nadine, 2014

Dupérré, Nadine, 2014, Three new species of Caponiid spiders from Ecuador (Araneae, Caponiidae), Zootaxa 3838 (4), pp. 462-474 : 464

Nops MacLeay 1839

Composition. N. anisitsi Strand 1909 , N. ariguanabo Alayón 1986 , N. bellulus Chamberlin 1916 , N. blandus ( Bryant 1942) , N. branicki ( Taczanowski 1874) , N. cesari n. sp., N. coccineus Simon 1891 , N. craneae Chickering 1967 , N. enae Sánchez-Ruiz 2004 , N. ernestoi Sánchez-Ruiz 2005 , N. farhati Prosen 1949 , N. flutillus Chickering 1967 , N. gertschi Chickering 1967 , N. guanabacoae MacLeay 1839 , N. largus Chickering1967 , N. maculatus Simon 1893 , N. mathani Simon 1893 , N. meridionalis Keyserling 1891 , N. nitidus Simon 1907 , N. proseni Birabén 1954 , N. quito n. sp., N. siboney Sánchez-Ruiz 2004 , N. simla Chickering 1967 , N. sublaevis Simon 1893 , N. toballus Chickering 1967 , N. ursumus Chickering 1967 , N. variabilis Keyserling 1877 , N. virginicus Sánchez-Ruiz 2010 .

Diagnosis. Males and females of Nops can be distinguished from other Nopinae as such: from Orthonops and Tarsonops by the elongated and reflexed unpaired claw I ( Fig. 18 ); from Nopsides by the presence of only two eyes ( Fig. 1 ); from Nyetnops and Cubanops by an unpatterned carapace ( Fig. 1 ).

Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Curaçao, Bonaire, Panama, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay and Argentina.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Nops cesari n. sp. 1. Male habitus, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURES 17 – 22. Nops cesari n. sp. Male 17 – 18. Nops quito n. sp. Male 19 – 20. Nyetnops juchuy n. sp. Male 21 – 22. 17. Tarsal claws I, lateral view. 18. Tarsal claws IV, lateral view. 19. Tarsal claws I, lateral view. 20. Tarsal claws IV, lateral view. 22. Tarsal claws I, lateral view. 22. Tarsal claws IV, lateral view.